Improvement in corn-planters



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMANN KOELLER, OF OAMI? POINT, ILLINOIS...

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 109,225, dated November 15, 1870.

To all whom it may concern.: Y

Be it known that I, HERMANN KoELLER, of Camp Point, in the county ofAdams and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in (Jorn-Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ,of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 otl the drawings is a representation ot' a longitudinal vertical section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Figs. 3 and et are details.

My invention relates to agricultural implements; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofdevices intended to serve as a valuable and usel'ul apparatus for planting grain.

' This invention. is designed to be an improvement on my seed-planter for which I obtained a patent on the 3d day of May, 1870.

A A represent the wheels of my machine, which are generally constructed of metal.

B represents the axle ofthe carriage.

O is the tongue, attached to the cross-bars a, b, c, and d, and secured by bolts and nuts. A seat, D, is secured to the upper ot' the rods j' and hin rear ofthe main frame, upon 'which the driver is seated. In front ot' the drivers seat is an elbow-lever marked E, as shown on the drawings in Fig. 1, pivoted to the forked arm T, keyed on the aXle B. It is also connect-ed with therear end ofthe tongue O. An adjustable stop, Ii, is keyed on the supportingrodf, and serves as an aid in keeping said 1ever in place. This stop can be adjusted at any position on the rod by means ofthe set-screw z.

F is a seat for a boy, and is secured to l the cross-bar G by the rodfand nut z'.

H is a removable lever, intended to be operated by the boy from his seat. This lever ts into a quadrangular socket in the top of the elbow-lever I, which lever I is pivoted to the forked lug d, and is removable at will.

At one end ot' the socket is a pitman, e, attached to the arm K on the shaft G. By aetuating the lever H back and forth a movement is given to the arm K which causes the seed to be carried into the conduits and deposited in the furrows.

L represents markers.

The seed-boxes M are adjusted over the conduits r in the manner shown.

N N represent circular seed-feeders at each end of the transverse rod O, and secured by setscrews z. These feeders work in the. bottoms ot' the seed-boxes M in the manner set forth in my patent of May 3, 1870.

It represents longitudinal side bars, which can be made of any desired length. The front ends ot' these side bars respectively are bent inward and passed through the slotted eye of the coupling-arm W, a full representation ot' which arm is shown on Fig. 5 of the drawings. By reason ofthe play-allowed to the front end of the bar in said slot the covering-wheels are permitted to pass along on the ground, and are not lifted therefrom while lthe markers are passing an obstruction. The main object ot' adjusting the hook ofthe side bar in a slot instead ot' an opening of ordinary size and form is to aid the operator in planting on rough and uneven soil.

S S are foot-levers pivoted to the rear ofthe side bars, R. At the end ot' each ot these levers is a scraper 0, which works upon the face ot' the wheels, the object being to keep mud and dirt from clogging them while in motion. The serapers are easily adjusted to the wheel.

It will be observed that the frame otl my machine consists chietly of metal rods, which are connected together by fastenings or couplings T. These couplings are blocks of metal, perforated in the proper direction for the passage ot' the rods, and provided with set-screws or keys z, whereby they are secured after due adjustment. The arrangement is such that the wheels can be brought nearer together, and the distance of the t'urrows and seed-boxes from each other can be varied to suit the hills.

l. The slotted coupling-arm W, in combination ith the side hars, It, and lifting apparatus, as described, as an improvement upon my patent ot' May 3, 1870.

2. In combination with the neap C, the elbow-leverI, eccentric K', and removable lever H, when constructed and arranged as specitied, as an improvement upon my patent ot' May 3, 1870.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

HERMANN KOELLER.

itnesses:

GEORGE RHELL, GEO. S. CAMPBELL. 

